People QuickFacts	Boston	Massachusetts
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	625,087	6,587,536
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	617,594	6,547,629
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.2%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	617,594	6,547,629
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.2%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	16.8%	21.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.1%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.1%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	53.9%	80.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	24.4%	6.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	8.9%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.9%	2.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	17.5%	9.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	47.0%	76.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	75.7%	86.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	27.2%	14.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	35.5%	21.0%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	84.3%	88.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	42.5%	38.3%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	28.4	27.3 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	34.9%	64.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	82.2%	41.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$395,200	$352,300
 	Households, 2006-2010    	245,857	2,512,552
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.28	2.48
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$31,856	$33,966
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$50,684	$64,509
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	21.2%	10.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Boston	Massachusetts
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	49,667	596,790
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	11.6%	3.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.6%	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.9%	4.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.2%	3.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.7%	29.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	3,193,339	86,428,959
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	6,225,668	95,275,672
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	6,808,832	88,082,966
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,934	$13,553
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,661,700	14,917,210

   	Geography QuickFacts	Boston	Massachusetts
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	48.28	7,800.06
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	12,792.7	839.4
 	FIPS Code    	07000	25
 	Counties    	Suffolk County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts